Episode 18: Emotional Deception: The Ethical Dilemma of AI Chatbot Relationships

AI is rapidly becoming a dominating presence and the results are downright scary. Covid 19 ushered in a wave of co-dependency on technology that wasn't as frightening as it is now. People are developing romantic relationships with bots--things that are incapable of feeling human emotion. Have we turned the corner of embracing concepts we've seen in movies like the Terminator, I Robot and Demolition Man? I truly hope this behavior doesn't continue. If it does, I don't see a happy ending for anyone who willingly chooses to embrace machines over living, breathing human beings.

Citations:

‘I learned to love the bot’: meet the chatbots that want to be your best friend. Laurie Clarke March 19, 2023

IT HAPPENED TO ME: I had a passionate love affair with a robot. James Greig

'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says. Chloe Xiang

Caitlin Clark Defends Angel Reese, Says She Shouldn’t Be ‘Criticized’ For Gesture Directed Towards Her. Ben Morse, CNN April 5 2023

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